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This season we need to move from terrible to professional and competent. To move to professional and competent would be a vast improvement and a move in the right direction.

I've been saying this for months. We don't NEED great individual linemen. We NEED a collection of 5 capable linemen. If you have 5 capable linemen then you have a good OL, almost certainly top 10. 5 elite players is a pipe dream.

/Even if you could find five elite players how could you pay them?

You can't. That'a kind of the point. You cannot keep any large group together for a long time anymore. The "dynasty" teams these days are the ones who keep finding solid contributions from cheap talent to compliment the play of their high-priced stars, and the Bears failure to do that (at least offensively) under Lovie and Angelo is why neither Lovie or Angelo is still here._________________

This season we need to move from terrible to professional and competent. To move to professional and competent would be a vast improvement and a move in the right direction.

I've been saying this for months. We don't NEED great individual linemen. We NEED a collection of 5 capable linemen. If you have 5 capable linemen then you have a good OL, almost certainly top 10. 5 elite players is a pipe dream.

/Even if you could find five elite players how could you pay them?

You can't. That'a kind of the point. You cannot keep any large group together for a long time anymore. The "dynasty" teams these days are the ones who keep finding solid contributions from cheap talent to compliment the play of their high-priced stars, and the Bears failure to do that (at least offensively) under Lovie and Angelo is why neither Lovie or Angelo is still here.

The first key is to have five guys who play as a cohesive unit. That hasn't been the case in Chicago for about seven years now.

The other key is to have a good mix of above-average linemen and capable linemen._________________

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